Description of the flag

Port Moody’s flag is based on the
official crest. Originally coloured bars represented
different city departments, however the blue version
is now used exclusively.

Valentin Poposki, 22 April 2007

I can confirm that the flag "in the cloth" has narrower bars than the Canada flag.
The actual flag is 1:2, though. The reference to different departments using different coloured flags was noted
by Robb Watt in The Greater Vancouver Book. I have an image of a Port Moody flag with yellow bars, but no explanation of
which department. There is a separate flag for the Pt. Moody Police, a Dark Blue
Ensign with the pattern of the arms in the canton, and the police badge
in the fly.Dean McGee, 23 April 2007

About Port Moody

Port Moody – City of the Arts! – is located at the
head of Burrard Inlet and at the foot of Eagle
Mountain. A vibrant city of 30,000, Port Moody is
located an easy 40 minute drive from both downtown
Vancouver and the US border, and just steps from
seaside parks, mountain trails and lakes.

History

The early inhabitants of this area were the Squamish
and Musqueam bands of the Coast Salish people, their
ancestors having occupied the Lower Mainland for the
past 8,000 years. They used the Port Moody area to
fish, hunt and gather shellfish. Evidence of their
summer campsites, in the form of shell middens and
Indian artifacts can be found at the eastern end of
Burrard Inlet.

Non-indigenous people began to occupy the area around
1800. Fur traders regularly traveled through this
region. With the appearance of gold prospectors during
the Cariboo Gold Rush of 1858 and the need to develop
a back-door defence for New Westminster, in 1859 the
Royal Engineers--under the command of Col. Richard
Moody--were sent to clear a trail. The trail, later
known as North Road, would allow ships anchored in
Burrard Inlet to unload military supplies and
personnel if New Westminster were attacked from the
south. No attack occurred, but a town - at first no
more than a cluster of tents and shacks - began to
grow.

Big changes came in 1886 when Port Moody was named the
original Pacific terminus of the transcontinental
railroad, later extended to Vancouver. The town
experienced an influx of new residents, from 200
people in 1887 to 1,200 in 1910, and the combination
of railroad and harbour proved ideal for many light
and heavy industries that have come and gone over the
past century. Port Moody was incorporated as a city in
1913.

Today

Port Moody is now thriving, with industries supporting
a growing residential community, and strives to
harmonize the natural environment with our economy and
quality of life. Businesses are still attracted to
Port Moody's railroad and harbour, as well as retail
and service businesses.

The Port Moody Police Department was established in 1913 to provide law
enforcement services for the city of Port Moody, British Columbia. The grant of
a heraldic badge and flag was published in the Public Register of Arms, Flags,
and Badges on 15 January 2004 in Vol. VI, p. 346 (http://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=350&ShowAll=1).
The Department's flag uses a light blue field with a banner of city's arms
comprising the canton of the flag and the Department's badge displayed in the
fly.Randy Young, 21 March 2015